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The Stein Institute Presents: Aging in San Diego: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go

What? Aging in San Diego: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go

Who? Pamela Smith Director, Aging and Independence Services, San Diego County

When? June 20, 2012, 5:30 p.m.

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Where? Liebow Auditorium, Biomedical Sciences Building, UC San Diego

Please join us for this month’s lecture as we welcome Pamela Smith, who will present “Aging in San Diego: Where We Are and Where We Need  to Go.” Ms. Smith runs three divisions of the County of San Diego’s Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA). She is the director of Aging and Independence Services as well as the deputy director for both the East and North Central Region. Her responsibilities include the oversight of thirty different programs serving senior citizens and disabled adults for Aging and Independence Services.

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Additionally, Ms. Smith oversees the eight programs serving children and families for Health and Human Services Agency, East and North Central Region. She has been recognized as the California Legislature Woman of the Year as well as Humanitarian of the Year by the Social Security Administration. She has been a member of the Governing Board for the Chula Vista Elementary School District since 1994 and has served on several other boards of directors throughout San Diego County.

Parking

To receive your free parking permit, please call (858) 534-6299 AT LEAST THREE WORKING DAYS IN ADVANCE of the event. You may also purchase a permit at the parking kiosk on Gilman Drive or park at the metered sites.

Directions

From Interstate 5 North or South

•             Exit La Jolla Village Drive West

•             Right on Villa La Jolla Drive

•             Left on Gilman Drive

•             Left into Parking Lot 602 (first stop sign)

•             From the parking lot, walk toward Medical Teaching Facility (MTF)

•             Right through MTF and enter Biomedical Sciences Building (formerly known as Basic Science Building) through glass doors

•             Pass the first hallway and take the elevator to the second floor

•             Exit the elevator and go left; at theend of the hallway, go left

•             Follow signs to Liebow Auditorium, which is the last room on the left

Learn more: aging.ucsd.edu

The Stein Institute for Research on Aging

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